Agatha Christie’s ‘And Then There Were None’: Morten Tyldum To Direct Fox Movie | Deadline Agatha Christie EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has acquired the feature rights to Agatha Christie ’s classic mystery novel And Then There Were None , and the studio has set The Imitation Game‘s Morten Tyldum to direct. Eric Heisserer will adapt Christie’s 1939 novel, which has sold more than 100 million copies to establish itself as the all-time biggest-selling mystery novel. The film will be produced by 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen, along with Hilary Strong and the author’s estate, Agatha Christie Productions. Daria Cercek will oversee for Fox. Sony Engaging 'Imitation Game' Helmer Morten Tyldum For Space Saga 'Passengers' The novel follows 10 strangers who are tempted to come to Soldier Island for different reasons. They soon realize they were brought there under false pretenses and are trapped, and are being bumped off one by one for crimes we learn they committed but were never punished for. They begin to realize that the killer is one of the 10.

Levy’s 21 Laps has been pursuing this for years; the production company has previously worked with Heisserer on the Ted Chiang short-story adaptations Story Of Your Life and Understand. They pitched a take that got the Christie estate excited. Tyldum is a big fan of the novel and he helped hone the pitch. Tyldum, whose The Imitation Game was a Best Picture Oscar nominee, is now in production on Passengers, the Jon Spaights-scripted science fiction film that stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt at Sony. The producers just wrapped the sci-fi thriller Story Of Your Life at Paramount. Pic’s directed by Sicario helmer Denis Villeneuve, and stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. 21 Laps also wrapped the Jeff Blitz-directed comedy Table 19 and are about to get underway with the Ice Cube-Charlie Day-starrer Fist Fight and the John Hamburg comedy Why Him? at Fox, along with the Netflix horror series Stranger Things. WME reps Tyldum, Heisserer, RLJ Productions and 21 Laps. Tyldum is managed by Anonymous Content, and Heisserer by Art/Work.

Book Review: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie | Pretty Books Book Review: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Published: 3rd September 2007 (1939) Publisher: Harper More: Goodreads I chose And Then There Were None as my fifth classic of the year because it’s ‘the world’s best-selling mystery’ with ‘over 100 million copies sold’. Who hasn’t heard of Agatha Christie? I love reading books that have puzzling plots yet I’ve read so few, and so I thought it was time to pick up a mystery classic (which had, shall we say, two not so politically correct previous titles ). I rarely come across a book that I am able to summarise in so few words, but here it is: And Then There Were None is the story of ten individuals who are invited to an isolated house on Soldier Island, Devon. During their first dinner together, a recorded message accuses each of them of a terrible crime. One by one, they begin to die. One of guests must be the killer, but who is it? The idea for And Then There Were None is so simple yet it must’ve been extremely difficult to execute.

Agatha Christie does it brilliantly and the book deserves its praise and critical acclaim. I read And Then There Were None in three hours without putting it down; a completely terrifying and thrilling experience. I loved reading about each of the characters at the beginning. I made a note of them – who they were and how they ended up on the island – and crossed them off as they died, which initially was done to aid my memory, but it made the reading experience much more exciting. The deaths are not at all gruesome so if you’re worried about that – don’t be! I made a guess as to who the murderer was – I was wrong. It has an absolutely brilliant, surprising ending that I can’t imagine anyone would figure out themselves. I’ve only given one other book this year so far the 5/5 rating. And Then There Were None may not be a book I’ll treasure forever but after reading it I wanted to enthusiastically recommend it to everyone I knew. It has those moments that make you sit up and gasp, and wonder how you didn’t notice them before. I genuinely had chills running down my spine – as cliché as that may sound. It’s extremely well paced – not too fast, not too slow.

The story has lots of detail and yet the chapters feel quite short. It all adds to the eerie atmosphere. And Then There Were None is a compelling introduction to the mystery genre that constantly kept me on edge. It’s clever, gripping, and was a wonderful surprise. I’m now really looking forward to checking out some of Agatha Christie’s other books, in particular, Murder on the Orient Express and The Mysterious Affair at Styles . Share this: Agatha Christie | And Then There Were None (1945) [Crime] [Mystery] - YouTube Agatha Christie | And Then There Were None (1945) [Crime] [Mystery] Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 5, 2013 Category And Then There Were None And Then There Were None or browse other Shmoopers' Questions In A Nutshell Welcome! You and nine strangers have just arrived in a mansion on an isolated island, having received invitations from various acquaintances or someone named U.N.

Owen. Because that’s not creepy. Anyway, bring out the glowsticks and fizzy drinks, because you are here to paaaartay. Only it looks like your definition of “party” might be just a wee bit different from your hosts. Turns out, you’re actually here for a game. A game where your life is at stake. That’s the basic setup for one of mystery writer Agatha Christie’s best-known and oft-parodied works, And Then There Were None, originally titled (NSFW language) Ten Little Indians or Ten Little N*****s. (It was a different and uglier time.) One by one, each of the guests is accused of a different murder and then slowly picked off in accordance with an old nursery rhyme about “ ten little soldiers .” As the characters race to figure out who among them is the culprit, we have to try to piece together the clues, red herrings, and that frustrating and creepy poem. If this all sounds like a gripping page-turner, you’d be right: And Then There Were None is a classic mystery that’ll keep you on your toes and have you looking over your shoulder while you’re reading it. But it’s not all fun and games.

Besides the usual romp to find a killer before he finds you, the book also grapples with the idea of justice. Is it justified that someone else is killing off all these people because they (spoiler alert) committed crimes? Is it okay for someone to take justice into his or her own hands? No wonder this book was adapted into radio almost as soon as it was published in 1939, or that there are well over a dozen film, radio, TV, and even game adaptations. Consider this: Agatha Christie has sold two-billion-plus books , putting her behind only Will Shakespeare and the Bible. Can two billion readers be wrong? Why Should I Care? Um, because if you’re ever stuck on an island with a bunch of (possibly) murderous criminals, wouldn’t you want to know how to survive? No but seriously. And Then There Were None is one of those texts that’s so foundational, you’re missing out on a big chunk of pop culture if you haven’t read it.

(Or, ahem, at least skimmed the Shmoop learning module.) There’s even a Family Guy episode called “And Then There Were Fewer” in which everyone is invited to (you guessed it!) an isolated island mansion and slowly killed off. Or take the idea of a killer who uses some kind of creepy nursery rhyme or some existing common list in order to decide the order of his or her victims—like the guy in Se7en , who tracks down victims based off of the seven deadly sins. But you know what? You don’t have to ever turn on the TV or pick up another book to enjoy And Then There Were None. Christie is a master of her form, stringing us along as we race to the end of the book to see who—if anyone—makes it out alive. If you think that no book could be as exciting or horrifying as a movie, just try putting this one down. And Then There Were None And Then There Were None 8m, 3f ISBN: 9780573702310 Ten guilty strangers are trapped on an island. One by one, they are accused of murder. One by one, they start to die!

More Information Below: 90 minutes Time Period - Contemporary, 1940s / WWII Settings Of Play - Set in the living room of the house on Soldier Island, off the coast of Devon. 1940s. August. FEATURES / CONTAINS Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Period Costumes CAUTIONS Appropriate for all audiences PERFORMANCE GROUP High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Dinner Theatre, Professional Theatre, Reader's Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Large Stage RECOGNITION / AWARDS From Broadway, From West End Ten guilty strangers are trapped on an island. One by one they are accused of murder; one by one they start to die. In this superlative mystery comedy statuettes of little soldier boys on the mantel of a house on an island off the coast of Devon fall to the floor and break one by one as those in the house succumb to a diabolical avenger. A nursery rhyme tells how each of the ten “soldiers” met his death until there were none. Eight guests who have never met each other or their apparently absent host and hostess are lured to the island and, along with the two house servants, marooned.

A mysterious voice accuses each of having gotten away with murder and then one drops dead - poisoned. One down and nine to go! The excitement never lets up in this ideal play for schools, colleges, and community theatres. REVIEWS "And Then There Were None endures with a no-nonsense plot -- straightforward and entertaining in a subdued British way." - News Works, Read More "Deaths might be incredibly gory - Christie, a nurse, was a poisons expert - but her dialogue was often nothing short of hysterical." - broadwayworld.com, Read More First presented at St James' Theatre in London on November 17, 1943. The play opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City on June 27, 1944. It was directed by Albert deCourville. Enhanced ePlay Created to coincide with Agatha Christie’s 125th anniversary, Samuel French’s Enhanced Acting Edition of And Then There Were None features a bevy of interactive resources to make producing or exploring this classic thriller effortlessly enjoyable!

This edition is packed with all the production tools an actor, director or designer needs to explore Christie’s plays in a whole new way: directorial analysis, videos, character insights, and dialect coaching from industry experts; scenic, prop, sound and costuming notes; as well as dramaturgical notes on production history, the world of the play, Christie herself, and more. All you need to create an all-star performance is right in this iBooks exclusive ePlay. Characters Classic mysteries every fan should read Classic mysteries every fan should read Mystery novelist Charles Finch picks his six favorites. Post to Facebook Classic mysteries every fan should read Mystery novelist Charles Finch picks his six favorites. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 1 To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Classic mysteries every fan should read Charles Finch, Special for USA TODAY 8:02 a.m. ET Nov. 9, 2014 Actor Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, the detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

(Photo: Silver Screen Collection, Getty Images) 443 CONNECT TWEET 12 LINKEDIN 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE Why are we so captivated by mystery novels? Maybe it's the puzzle, the chance to watch the detective chase clues and try to beat him to their meaning. Maybe it's the chance to look at darkness from a safe distance – a darkness that might feel more real, ironically, than the ugly blare of Nancy Grace, because the best mystery novels are about how human beings actually act at the worst moments in each other's lives, not about yelling sensational details. My own fascination with the genre started early. As a 12-year-old, I raced through a battered edition of the complete Sherlock Holmes, finishing at last long after midnight. When I was done, instead of turning out the light, I flipped back to the very first page and started it all over again. How had he done that? And why had they done that, the criminals he pursued? I've made a career out of those two questions. I write my own series of murder mysteries nowadays, inspired by Holmes' London.

These five "classic" mysteries are the ones that have inspired me most over the years, the ones I think every single book lover should read. And at the end, a sixth, more recent book, to show just where the mystery novel might be going next. 1. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (1887) "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain," said Hemingway, "called Huckleberry Finn." Well, all detective fiction comes from another American, Edgar Allan Poe, who invented the genre in three brief stories. But those tales are sketchy and uneven. The person who perfected their style was Conan Doyle, who in Sherlock Holmes forever established the ideal of the brilliant, eccentric detective. I hope Sir Arthur is in Benedict Cumberbatch's bedtime prayers. In A Study in Scarlet, Dr. John Watson, a surgeon returning from Afghanistan, takes rooms with an enigmatic "consulting detective," Holmes, and soon enough is drawn into the investigation of a corpse with the word Rache written over it in blood.

Holmes' finest moments of deduction are in the short stories – "The Red-Headed League," "Silver Blaze" – but it seems appropriate to bow before his initial appearance: so quintessential that it's the first known occasion when a fictional detective used a magnifying glass. 2. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1939) Mystery novelists are an unforgiving bunch. When we get together, we can take down pretty much anyone. Raymond Chandler? Bad plots. Michael Connelly? Clunky writing. Stephen King? Can't pull off endings. But one writer is untouchable: Agatha Christie. She's too good. She's our Michael Jordan. There's a reason only Shakespeare and the Bible have run through more printings. And Then There Were None is the perfect locked-room mystery, though the locked room happens to be an island. Ten strangers arrive there and immediately start dying, one by one. A storm cuts the island off from outside communication. The survivors go mad with suspicion and dread. And then the solution comes – chilling, ingenious, inevitable. Still, to this day, it's the best pure puzzle in the history of the genre. (Photo: NONE) 3.

The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald (1949) At some invisible moment in the middle of the 20th century, America wrestled the mystery novel away from the Brits. Conan Doyle, Margery Allingham and Christie gave way to the tougher, wisecracking style of Dashiell Hammett and Chester Himes. As Raymond Chandler said, it was their job to "get murder away from the upper classes." For my money, the best book in that hard-boiled, sun-soaked California style is The Moving Target. What's amazing about it is how the crime Lew Archer is hired to solve – the disappearance of an oil magnate – is obscured by a whole multitude of unrelated crimes. In Archer's line of work, everyone's guilty of something, even if it's not the something you're chasing. That fits the weary post-war worldview of the genre whose dispassionate detectives, like Archer, Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe knew that solving one mystery only meant uncovering a few new ones. We love them because they kept trying anyway. 4. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (1950) Whodunit?

Conan Doyle, Christie and Macdonald are very different, but each wrote conventional stories about trying to find out the answer to that question. Patricia Highsmith, by contrast, belongs with Dostoevsky and Sartre to a distinct and arguably older tradition: the whydunit, which is more concerned with the reasons someone would commit a crime than how they'd do it. Fortunately for us, she also made them beautifully tight, well-constructed whodunits. Strangers on a Train is a nightmarish version of Mad Men, about two outwardly normal psychopaths who meet on a train and "trade" murders, agreeing to do each other's dirty work so that neither gets caught. Things go wrong, as you'd imagine. The story is so brilliant that Hitchcock poached it, turning it into a movie. But the book is better. (Photo: NONE) 5.

A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George (1988) If you like, you can draw a picture of two opposing strands of mystery: the British one (the tidy drawing room solutions of Holmes and Poirot) and the American one (the messier darkness of Archer and Highsmith's other great creation, the title charlatan of The Talented Mr. Ripley). Elizabeth George combined them. She gave murder back to the upper classes – one of her detectives, Thomas Lynley, is an earl – but she's an American, and all of her books, especially her early ones, have terrific psychological depth. She understood what Somerset Maugham said: that murder is so fascinating to us because it's the one act a person can't take back. In A Great Deliverance, a woman is found sitting with an ax beside her father's corpse, and immediately admits: "I did it." What follows is totally gripping, blending the old and new traditions of the mystery novel. 6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) And now? We live in a period of wonderful classic mystery writers, from Sue Grafton to Louise Penny to Donna Leon.

But we also live in a period when the genre has become so popular that it has infiltrated high literature, a spy behind enemy lines. Writers like Paul Auster and David Mitchell have appropriated the language and imagery of crime fiction over and over. So has Kazuo Ishiguro, and his most mysterious and affecting book is Never Let Me Go, which starts out as a simple recollection about a girl's experience at an English boarding school, and ends up somewhere very different indeed. What Ishiguro knows is that the mystery genre goes deep to the heart of human experience. We yearn for answers, for clarification and conclusiveness, and now fiction finally matches that: These days, really, all of us are detectives. Charles Finch writes the Charles Lenox mystery series. The latest, The Laws of Murder (Minotaur), will be released on Nov. 11. 443 CONNECT TWEET 12 LINKEDIN 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE Read or Share this story: NEVER MISS OUT Life Be a pop culture maven. Get the news, reviews and the juiciest celebrity stories that keep you in the know, Monday-Friday.

Ten Little Indians Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 56 reviews in total 27 out of 31 people found the following review useful: "Don't miss a film with screen greats Wilfrid Hyde-White & Stanley Holloway together - not in a million years!" from Poole, Dorset 17 March 2006 Ten strangers are lured to a remote mansion on the Austrian Alps in the middle of winter. They have nothing in common except that each of them harbours a guilty secret and that they have all been invited by a mysterious host (whom none of them has met) called Mr U.N Owen. The guests are Judge Arthur Cannon (Wilfrid Hyde-White), Harley Street practitioner Dr Armstrong (Dennis Price), private eye William Henry Blore (Stanley Holloway), actress Ilona Bergen (Daliah Lavi), pop star Mike Raven (Fabian), retired army officer General Sir John Mandrake (Leo Genn), engineer Hugh Lombard (Hugh O' Brien), secretary Ann Clyde (Shirley Eaton) and housekeepers Joseph and Elsa Grohmann (Mario Adorf & Marrianne Hoppe).

They are curious and slightly annoyed that their host isn't their to greet them. However, after dinner and cocktails, a tape recorder bursts into life and the disembodied voice of their host accuses each of them of a past crime. Initially, they treat it as a sick joke in the poorest taste. But after Mike Raven has drunkenly sang a rendition of the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme on the piano, he confesses to a crime before choking on his drink and falling down dead. The others realise that this isn't a joke and that their host is a psychopath delivering retribution for their sins and even more disturbingly, their killer is one of them. In addition, there is a centerpiece on the dining room table, which contains ten figurines and as they are murdered one by one in ways parallel to the old nursery rhyme, the killer removes one figurine from the center piece at a time. Ten Little Indians was the third film version of Agatha Christie's marvelous mystery thriller, which was first published in Great Britain in 1939. Four years later, it was adapted for the stage by the author making its debut at London's St James Theatre in November 1943.

It had been previously filmed in Hollywood in 1945 as And Then There Were None (Dir: Rene Clair) and featured an all-star cast (for the time) including Barry Fitzgerald and Walter Huston and in 1949, the BBC produced a TV version starring Bruce Belfrage and Campbell Singer. The 1965 version made a few notable changes, the most significant being the change of setting from an old house on a remote Devonshire island to a mansion on top of the Austrian Alps. The picture was actually shot in an empty mansion in Rush near Dublin, Southern Ireland. The film was produced by Harry Alan Towers whom at this time was enjoying success with the splendid schoolboy's adventure yarn The Face Of Fu Manchu, which starred Christopher Lee as Sax Rohmer's fiendish Oriental mastermind. Interestingly, it was Lee who provided the disembodied voice of U.N Owen on the tape recording heard at the beginning of the film. Towers would subsequently go on to film the story again on two more occasions.

First as And Then There Were None (Dir: Peter Collinson 1975), in which the setting was changed yet again to a luxury hotel in the Iranian desert and the second time in 1989 with the drama unfolding from a big game African safari. All in all, Ten Little Indians is quite a good film. The script penned by Towers as Peter Welbeck does reasonable justice to Christie's wonderful source novel and the change of locale does it no harm at all. A marvelous cast was chosen for the film with Wilfrid Hyde-White perfectly cast as the intelligent and resourceful Judge Cannon while Dennis Price offers a fine portrayal as the upper class Dr Armstrong. Leo Genn gives just the right amount of authority to the role of General Sir John Mandrake and Hugh O' Brien is suitably smooth as Lombard and works well with Shirley Eaton's Ann Clyde, the picture's love interest. Also of note is American pop singer Fabian who does well in portraying Mike Raven an updated version of Christie's original character called Anthony Marston in the book.

The character wasn't a pop star in the book at all, but he still resembles the way that Christie described him, irresponsible, and whose only interest in life was "for kicks" as the film puts it. On the downside, the film lacks the tension and the sense of menace that I was expecting mainly due to an unsuitable jazz style music score and while the black and white camera-work is good, I couldn't help but think that a few more shadows would have helped here and there. Director George Pollock (fresh from shooting the Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple films) shows a steady hand at the helm of the picture and brings the storyline together beautifully but he doesn't bring the same level of charm and well-meshed humor and mystery, which he brought to the Marple series here. Another slight disappointment is the climax, which resembles the happy and romantic one from the stage play. In the novel (I won't give it away for those who haven't seen the film or read the book) but there is no sense of relief at all and as a result the film isn't as dark and surprising as I was hoping it would be.

I also felt that the 60-second whodunit break just prior to the ending didn't really fit in the with the general aura of the movie and seemed to be nothing more than a gimmick. Overall, however, this is still the film which I return to of one of my all time favorite mysteries because the cast play it straight here whereas in the 1945 version, they overplayed the comedy meaning that it sat uneasily with the plot and a lot of the film's thrills took place off screen which isn't the case here. And finally, I cannot resist a picture that brings such wonderful actors as Wilfrid Hyde-White and Stanley Holloway together -not in a million years! Was the above review useful to you? 20 out of 23 people found the following review useful: Okay Little Mystery from Cincinnati, OH 31 March 2003 Agatha Christie's oft-filmed whodunnit (and dunnit and dunnit!) gets an updating here to the mid 1960's with a pretty odd international cast selection and a less skillful presentation than in the first adaptation, 1945's "And Then There Were None".

Still, this is better than any of the following versions (two of which were made by this same producer, Harry Towers! Apparently, he liked the story?!) The credits open on a Swiss mountainside with the cast making it's way up to a remote castle. Sleigh ride-a-go go music plays, instantly dating the film even more than its black and white photography. The credits are fun, though, with each actor being shown along with his or her name to help keep everyone straight. Once at the top, the gathering of eight assorted personalities and the two staff members find that they have each been invited there by a person they have never met and that the person wants to pay them back for crimes they've supposedly committed, yet never paid for. Chief people include brylcreamed hunk of man O'Brian, stiff, blonde Eaton, yammering recording artist Fabian, mod-actress Lavi and wry, elderly Hyde White among others. Before anyone can really determine how to get out of the place, the first victim falls dead on the floor. They then realize that they are being offed in the manner of the famed title nursery rhyme.

One by one, the murderer knocks them off until the surprise ending reveals how and why it was done. The set up is irresistible and not even a rather lame script, nor some wooden acting can mar it completely. The thing is, in a story like this, the actors are not permitted to display very much of their character, lest they spoil the mystery and ruin the ending. They all have to be simultaneous victims/suspects and all that really leaves is a lot of worried expressions. That said, O'Brian was at the peak of his handsomeness with his parade of macho sexuality "Love Has Many Faces" just around the corner. Eaton, one of the most noted Bond girls due to her gold body paint in "Goldfinger", doesn't exactly exude screen charisma, but she and O'Brian are attractive in their ski lodge wear. Fabian plays a highly annoying character and does it a bit too convincingly, creating animosity from many audience members. Lavi gets to trot around in some couture clothes while trying to balance a massive, lacquered wig on her head.

The butler and housekeeper couldn't be more mismatched as a couple with her looking like his mother (and old enough in real life to be!) Of the remaining male guests, only Hyde White makes much of an impression with his customary glint in his eye, though Holloway has a few nice moments as well. Most versions are now minus the campy "murder minute" which gave audiences a chance to try to figure out who the killer was. Was the above review useful to you? 24 out of 32 people found the following review useful: One Of The Best Murder Mystery Plots Of All Time from Dallas, Texas 2 February 2001 Also known as "And Then There Were None" and other titles, this Agatha Christie murder mystery centers around one of the most clever, if not the most clever, plots of any of her many works. In typical Agatha Christie style, the story twists and turns in unexpected directions, and you either give up trying to identify who the murderer is, or you are surprised that the murderer is someone whom you least expected. It's then fun to go back and see how you missed the subtle clues pointing to the real murderer.

The 1966 movie version is often compared unfavorably to the original, 1945, movie version. Frankly, I prefer the 1966 movie, which is more contemporary in style, and the actor's accents are easier to understand. "Ten Little Indians" takes place in a castle on a mountaintop in winter. The "castle" has an echo which when combined with the cold and lonely atmosphere, and sometimes sinister lighting, makes for a creepy setting. Thankfully, the movie was shot in black and white. The acting is quite good, for the most part. But the main reason to see this movie is because of the unique plot puzzle. The cinema has made many other Agatha Christie movies, two of the best being "Witness For The Prosecution" (1957), and "Murder On The Orient Express" (1974). But none can compare, in my opinion, with the clever plot of "Ten Little Indians". Was the above review useful to you?

19 out of 25 people found the following review useful: Decent Remake from Morristown, NJ 3 September 1999 The first remake of the 1945 classic "And Then There Were None" is a fairly decent effort. While all of the wonderfully sly wit is gone this time, and the locale has been shifted from an island to a mountain resort (resulting in some characters having different nationalities this time) the results are still quite credible. The cast is good, with golden girl Shirley Eaton of "Goldfinger" fame looking quite lovely as the female lead. It's also amusing to see "My Fair Lady" almuni Stanley Holloway and Wilfrid Hyde-White together again in a completely different kind of film and setting. Just like the original, the identity of the killer (and I won't say who!) comes as a surprise because the performer gives a brilliant performance that makes it hard to link that performer with the one who committs all the murders beforehand. All subsequent remakes of this story have been awful. The original is still the best, but this one is okay to look at. Was the above review useful to you?

12 out of 13 people found the following review useful: Good adaptation of a classic murder mystery from Beverley Hills, England 21 July 2009 It's only fair to mention that I saw the 1945 adaptation of this same story before seeing this film, so obviously the plot and characters were very familiar to me before watching. There were some changes between the two versions, however, which helps to keep things fresh...although most of the changes were for the worst. Rather than being set on island, this version sets the story on top of a snow covered mountain; while several of the characters have either had their professions changed or have been made younger than in the earlier version. The film does at least stick more rigidly to the nursery rhyme at the centre of the story. The basis of the story is the same as in previous versions, however, and we focus on ten people that have been invited to stay at a house owned by a Mr U. N. Owns. Shortly after their arrival they are played a tape made by the mysterious host; accusing them all of murder. One by one they are picked off and it's not long before the remaining guests realise that their host is amongst them.

The film feels very upper class and all the guests are well dressed and polite. The script is very similar to the earlier adaptation and so I would imagine that both versions stick very closely to the original literature. The cast is rather good and each actor fits into their role well. Standouts for me include Daliah Lavi, who plays an actress and is very sexy - and Mario Adorf who plays the butler. Eurocrime fans may recognise him as the pimp from the masterpiece The Italian Connection. The deaths are rather well handled and we see a bit more than we did in the earlier version; although 'less is more' is still very much the order of the day. Deaths include stabbing, falling off a cliff and someone has a stuffed bear dropped on their head. I was hoping that the film may have changed the ending, but unfortunately it sticks to the original story on this point so it wasn't much of a surprise for me. Still, this is a rather decent adaptation of the classic story; although I'd certainly recommend 1945's And Then There Were None over this version. Was the above review useful to you?

13 out of 16 people found the following review useful: low-budget Harry Alan Towers adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic, great cast! from south Texas USA 24 October 2006 While the ending of the novel is changed in this 1965 remake of Agatha Christie's novel AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, it's still an OK murder mystery, a kind of modern version of an old dark house chiller, with an excellent cast of UK veterans and US imports Hugh O'Brian and Fabian. A mysterious "Mr. Owen" invites ten strangers, all of whom seem to be guilty of some crime, to spend a weekend in an isolated mountain home. They gradually get killed one by one. My wife felt that the only interesting character in the film was the one who is killed first (you'll have to watch it to see who that is), but I found the whole thing to be entertaining and the ending to be surprising (although the clues ARE planted, when you watch it a second time). Like any Harry Alan Towers production, this is low budget but well cast, and once again Towers wrote the script himself under his Peter Welbeck pseudonym.

The recent DVD reissue of this includes the infamous "Whodunit Break" (which appeared at the film's climax in its theatrical run but was cut from all TV prints) as an "extra" but does not edit it back into the film, which is good because it would make second and third viewings of the film painful. Watch that scene once, marvel that anyone would ever attempt anything so cheesy, and then watch the uninterrupted movie again. Nice to see Shirley Eaton as always (The Girl From Rio and Su-Muru), Hugh O'Brian is a charming and masculine lead, Fabian is entertaining, and the British veterans are as colorful as you'd expect, although some Americans may have trouble telling them apart initially, except for Dennis Price. Worth renting, but I can't say it's worth fifteen dollars. Maybe $8.99 or so. Was the above review useful to you? 13 out of 17 people found the following review useful: And then there was "Ten Little Indians" from Saginaw, Michigan 1 November 2000 And then Agatha Christie, a great writer, thought of a rich, suspenseful, and thrilling story like this.

This movie version is an excellent adaption of the story with ten strangers come to a ski resort which seems haunted at first turns out to be the scene of a crime. Which of the ten committed it? Well you'll have to see the movie. This film is beautifully filmed with the acting superb definitely with the Goldfinger girl Shirley Eaton. I'll make sure I add this movie to my classic film collection. Was the above review useful to you? 9 out of 10 people found the following review useful: Unptretentious but Good Version of Miss Christie's Novel from Argentina 9 September 2006 If you enjoy crime mystery movies this is one to see. Based on a novel by Agatha Christie, it tells the story of ten people, all unknown to each other, that get trapped and isolated in a sort of castle on top a mountain where they have been invited by a mysterious host they don't know either. They soon realize the idea for their presence there is none other than to be executed one by one as a punishment for unclear circumstances that hurt and killed people in each one's past. They also realize that the avenging murderer is one of them, but who?

Deaths start and it comes to the point in which no one -sill alive of course- trusts no one and everyone suspects everyone. The mystery's disclosure at the very end of the film doesn't lack surprise and goes along with the previous entertaining situations. A rather unpretentious remake of "And There here were None" released in the 40's, this 1965 version turns out really good and stands far better than others that followed (in 1974 with Oliver Reed and Elke Sommer and in 1989 with Donald Pleasence and Brenda Vaccaro). The dark atmosphere -the shooting was made in black and white- is good enough and interest doesn't fall along the whole picture, perhaps because the events move fast and the film's running time is perfect. No doubt the very good performances of such experienced actors as Leo Genn (the General), Wilfrid Hyde White (the Judge) and Sterling Holloway (the detective) help a lot too. Hugh O'Brian and Shirley Eaton (a former Bond girl) are correct in their not much demanding roles).

If you didn't read Christie's novel you will enjoy the film and its mysterious plot, and if did read it you will enjoy the murderer's handling of facts in order to accomplish his sinister plan. Some too casual and forced situations -necessary to sustain the plot and usual in Miss Christie's novels- do not affect the picture in all which is a real good one in its genre. Was the above review useful to you? 9 out of 11 people found the following review useful: The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Murder. from United Kingdom 16 May 2014 Much like the filmic adaptations of Agatha Christie's stunning source novel, a literary work that added the killer to serial, the Ten Little Indians rhyme has quite a few versions. I mention this because the core essence of the source, both in written rhyme and filmic celluloid, is always what shines through. The films vary in quality, though each one does bring its own ideas to the adaptation, George Pollock's 1965 version is a dandy, though not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. The story is relocated to a remote snowy mountainside. Ten people have gathered there, either as servants or guests invited by the mysterious U.N.

Owen. Once all gathered under one roof, a tape recording reveals that all the guests are guilty of despicable crimes, and thus must pay the price. Cue the now standard formula of each member of the ten getting bumped off as suspicions and panic begins to arise. With each death comes the removal of a model Indian from a circular display laid out on the lounge table. Thus we have a serial killer whodunit (whosedoingit?) in full effect. The deaths are inventive, with some carrying genuine suspense and chills into the bargain, and although the final reveal lacks credibility, it has the requisite surprise factor to not disappoint genre fans. The beauty here is in the cast list, where for fans of British classic cinema it's a roll call of greats. Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Dennis Price (whose visual reactions here are ahem, priceless) and Leo Genn lead the male British front, while Shirley Eaton fights the British girl's corner with sauce and sizzle. Supplementing the Brits for an overseas audience, is pop star Fabian, Hugh O'Brian and Daliah Lavi. The latter of which also raises the temperatures considerably.

Where the pic falls down badly, apart from Fabian's poor acting that is, is with the visual ascetic served up by Pollock and his cinematographer Ernest Steward. The mansion where the plot unfolds is ripe for much shadow play and creaky corridors, the story kind of demands that the old dark house staples are adhered to. Sadly this area is rarely born out, making it a very wasted opportunity to lift the film to better heights. Still, as stated previously, the source material is timeless and for fans of such fare it's hard not to feel tingly as the conclusion draws in. If the divisive "one minute audience break to discuss who we think dunit" that stops the film before the reveal seems a bit William Castle lite, then so be it, but it's still fun and shows a willingness by the makers to involve the audience fully in the murderous malarkey. I wonder what Agatha made of it? All together now, "Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were Nine " 7.5/10 Was the above review useful to you?

9 out of 12 people found the following review useful: "Drop dead!" 1 April 2006 *** This review may contain spoilers *** Ten Little Indians may not be the best or most faithful Agatha Christie adaptation, but I've always enjoy it. The problem with Ten Little Indians is that it suffers from one of the same flaws that plague most films based on a Christie work  plot holes. The viewer is required to accept some of the most astounding coincidences in order to move the plot along. How does the killer seem to know exactly how everyone will respond to a given situation? If you stop and think about it, you'll quickly realize it's all fantasy with little in the way of reality. For example, when the eight "little Indians" split up in pairs to search the house, how fortunate for the killer that every person loses his/her partner thereby throwing suspicion on everyone. That doesn't mean it's not a lot of fun, but you've got be willing to make some mighty big leaps in logic. The thing I enjoy most about Ten Little Indians is the ensemble cast. For the most part, it's made up of some terrific character actors given a chance to shine on their own.

Leo Genn, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, and Dennis Price are all an absolute joy and more than make up for the leaden performances of Hugh O'Brian and Shirley Eaton. It's too bad these two have more screen time than any of the other actors. Was the above review useful to you? Page 1 of 6: “And Then There Were None” Trailer — Lifetime Miniseries based on Agatha Christie’s Classic Murder-Mystery Novel with Sam Neill, Toby Stephens, Charles Dance and more source: mylifetime.com , youtube.com added: Thu, Mar 3rd '16 Ten strangers stuck on a secluded island. A mysterious host with a hidden and deadly agenda. Dinner, murder, and a creepy death poem. It's all part of a "cruel hoax," Charles Dance declares in the trailer for "And Then There Were None," Lifetime's upcoming two-night miniseries based on Agatha Christie's 1939 classic murder-mystery novel.

The former "Game of Thrones" star is among the many British actors who shape the production's strong ensemble cast that includes Sam Neill, Toby Stephens, Miranda Richardson, Noah Taylor, Douglas Booth, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Aidan Turner. Directed by British helmer Craig Viveiros (The Liability) and adapted by British writer Sarah Phelps (Dickensian, The Casual Vacancy, EastEnders), the two-part mystery thriller, which already aired in the UK in late December, will be making its American debut next week, premiering Sunday, March 13th on the Lifetime Network. synopsis: Set in 1939 while Europe teeters on the brink of war, "And Then There Were None" follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, with their hosts mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime, and when members of the party start to mysteriously die, they all realize they may be harboring a murderer among their number. Who will survive? And who is the killer?

directed by Craig Viveiros starring Sam Neill, Toby Stephens, Charles Dance, Miranda Richardson, Noah Taylor, Douglas Booth, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Anna Maxwell Martin, Aidan Turner release date March 13, 2016 (U.S., on the Lifetime Network)

Question: Who penned the classic mystery novel And Then There Were None?
Answer: Agatha Christie